亚利桑那大学地理学（辅修工业工程）博士。亚利桑那州立大学政治学与全球研究学院博士后。南京信息工程大学龙山学者，硕士生导师。江苏省双创博士。曾任世界银行短期顾问、亚利桑那州立大学地理学院空间分析研究中心实验室成员、亚利桑那州立大学—Walton可持续发展服务机构制图开发员。

从事空间优化建模、遥感与GIS 应用相关工作，关注清洁能源与资源、城市可持续发展的研究，具体研究方向包括：城市农业、雨水资源利用、海平面上升、太阳能光伏、新能源汽车交通等。发表相关论文十余篇、专利1项、软著1项。

主持国家自然科学基金青年基金项目1项、江苏省基础研究计划自然科学基金青年基金项目1项，参与国家自然科学基金国际（地区）合作与交流项目1项（骨干）。

发表列表：

• Qing Zhong*; Daoqin Tong*; Courtney Crosson; Yinan Zhang; Rashi Bhushan ; Optimizing Investments in Alternative Water Infrastructure for Urban Food Production in Water Stressed Cities, Water Resources Research, 2025, 61(2)

• Cunzhuang Dong; Qing Zhong* ; Evaluating solar photovoltaic potential of buildings based on the installation parameters of photovoltaic modules, Solar Energy, 2025, 228(2025)

• Xiaoshan Yang, Lingye Yao*, Mingcai Li, Jingfu Cao, Qing Zhong, Weidong Peng, Wenkai Wu, Jing Zhou. How heat waves and urban microclimates affect building cooling energy demand? Insights from fifteen eastern Chinese cities. Applied Energy, 2025, 384: 125424.

• 董存壮; 钟晴 ; 一种基于光伏组件安装参数的建筑光伏潜力评估方法, 2025-2-7, 中国, ZL 2024 10943711.6 (专利)

• 董存壮; 钟晴 ; 建筑屋顶可用光伏板安装位置及发电量测算软件V1.0, 2024SR1455586, 原始取得, 全部权利, 2024-9-29 (软件著作权)

• Chen, J., Mueller, V., Durand, F., Lisco, E., Zhong, Q., Sherin, V.R., and Islam, A.K.M. (2022). Salinization of the Bangladesh Delta Worsens Economic Precarity. Population and Environment 44, 226-257.

• Zhong, Q., Nelson, J.R., Tong, D., and Grubesic, T.H. (2022). A spatial optimization approach to increase the accuracy of rooftop solar energy assessments. Applied Energy 316 (2022) 119128.

• Zhong, Q., Tong,D., Crosson, C., and Zhang, Y. (2022). A GIS-based approach to assessing the capacity of rainwater harvesting for addressing outdoor irrigation. Landscape and Urban Planning. 233 (2022) 104416

• Zhong, Q., and Tong, D. (2021). Assessing solar photovoltaic potential of residential buildings at the city scale using LiDAR and GIS modeling. Handbook of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation |Updated 3rd Edition

• Hauer, M., Mueller, V., Sheriff, G., Zhong, Q. (2021). More than a nuisance: measuring how sea level rise delays commuters in Miami, FL. Environmental Research Letters.

• Crosson, C., Tong, D., Zhang, Y., and Zhong, Q. (2021). Rainwater as a Renewable Resource to Achieve Net Zero Urban Water in Water Stressed Cities. Resources, Conservation, and Recycling. 2021, 164:105203.

• Zhong, Q., and Tong, D. (2020). Spatial Layout Optimization for Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Panel Installation. Renewable Energy. 150, 1-11.

• Tong, D., Crosson, C., Zhong, Q., and Zhang, Y. (2020). Optimize urban food production to address food deserts in regions with restricted water access. Landscape and Urban Planning, 202, 103859.

• Zhong, Q., Tong, D., Kuby, M., Wei, F., Fowler, J., and Bailey, K. (2019). Locating alternative fuel stations for maximizing coverage and ensuring sufficient spacing: a case study of CNG truck fueling, Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, 3(4):455-70

• Kuby, M., Bailey, K., Wei, F., Fowler, J., Tong, D., Zhong, Q., Lopez, O. and Sheaffer, W. (2018). Collaborative Geodesign for Alternative-Fuel Station Location using “Collablocation” Software. Transportation Research Record, p.0361198118790375.

• Crosson C., Tong, D., Zhang, Y., and Zhong, Q. (2018) Rainwater as Potential Resource for Water Independence in Tucson’s Communities. Making Action Possible for Southern Arizona. University of Arizona, 2018. (Whitepaper)

• Zhong, Q., Karner, A., Kuby, M., and Golub, A. (2017). A multiobjective optimization model for locating affordable housing investments while maximizing accessibility to jobs by public transportation. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2399808317719708.

• 钟晴, 戴特奇. (2014). 中国机场总规模分层优化测算研究—基于人口覆盖角度.地理科学进展, 33(12): 1642-1649.